I've been home from vacation for over a week and I am still trying to catch up on my email, blogging, editing, etc. Vacations are awesome, but catching up after vacation? Yeah, not so awesome :) 
 
But, I am finally back to blogging after a long break. I hope you enjoyed Kory's posts (even though he didn't post anything embarrassing at all! I guess that's why he's such a good friend, right?). I'm excited to show you photos from my trip ... although I feel silly for posting vacation photos. Don't people usually hate looking through other people's vacation photos? Oops. 
 
I feel like I always go on mini-vacations. You know: Four days here, a long weekend there. And those mini-vacations are usually because I am traveling to a friend's wedding or a family reunion or it is a work trip. I rarely make travel plans just because. 
 
So, about a month ago the opportunity to go somewhere for a week presented itself and I thought "Wow, an actual vacation?" We packed our bags and tent and ...

we (that'd be me and the boyfriend) flew into Phoenix, Arizona then drove up to Grand Canyon National Park for three days of hiking and camping. It was breathtaking!  
 
Here's our view from a hike down into the canyon ::

We were at the Canyon early enough in the season to still catch a few spring flowers ::

Being a tourist is fun!

Use this ::

To see this ::

The boyfriend enjoying the view ::

Photo of me taken by the boyfriend ::

More tourist ::

We attended a few sunset programs at the park. This one was pretty cool ::

After the Grand Canyon, we traveled down to Sedona for a day. Our hotel was right on this little babbling brook.

We eventually made our way back down to Phoenix and Scottsdale. We stayed in an amazing hotel -- that's our outdoor bathtub on the right and the gorgeous spa on the left.

The best part of Arizona? The sun shone every day we were there. Sure, it was freakin' HOT in Phoenix -- our rental car reported it was 112 one day! Despite the heat, I still loved seeing the sun each day. I may need to start wintering in Arizona ...